The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.
SHARON SALZBERGThe key to cultivating confidence in ourselves is understanding our right to make the truth our own.
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We find greater lightness & ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves & other beings.
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Mindfulness helps us get better at seeing the difference between what’s happening and the stories we tell ourselves about what’s happening, stories that get in the way of direct experience. Often such stories treat a fleeting state of mind as if it were our entire and permanent self.
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Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.
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Our practice rather than being about killing the ego is about simply discovering our true nature.
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To offer our hearts in faith means recognizing that our hearts are worth something, that we ourselves, in our deepest and truest nature, are of value.
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When you flip the switch in that attic, it doesn’t matter whether its been dark for ten minutes, ten years or ten decades.
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For all of us, love can be the natural state of our own being; naturally at peace, naturally connected, because this becomes the reflection of who we simply are.
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All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how. It is out of ignorance that any of us cause suffering, for ourselves or for others.
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It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view.
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Compassion grows in us when we know how the energy of love is available all around us.
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If we truly loved ourselves, we’d never harm another. That is a truly revolutionary, celebratory mode of self-care.
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We have the power to improve our work lives immeasurably through awareness, compassion, patience & ingenuity.
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We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight.
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Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you’re doing.
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The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.
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